Topics in US History: African American History inText and Context

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This interdisciplinary colloquium offers students an opportunity not only to read and discuss some of the canonical works in African American Studies, but also to place them within their historical contexts. Authors include Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, Nella Larsen, Richard Wright, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison. The course, which can be taken for either three or five units, is intended for graduate students, though advanced undergraduates may enroll with the instructor's permission.